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Mormon Stories Podcast

868: JaLynn Prince - Autism, Adult Autism, and Mormonism Pt. 2

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.55.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2018

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

In these important episodes of Mormon Stories, we interview JaLynn Prince – President and Founder of the Madison House Autism Foundation and wife of our frequent past guest on Mormon Stories episodes as a Mormon scientist and historian – Dr. Greg Prince.

We focus on JaLynn’s background in the LDS Church and how she learned her son Madison was a child with autism.  We also have a discussion on some of the general characteristics of autism and other related disabilities, and how the LDS Church serves these individuals.  We then have a frank discussion on possible areas of improvement in the LDS community to offer more support, opportunities, and hope for adults with autism.  In our final segment of the interview, JaLynn fields questions from our live listening audience.

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I don't know why.

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So let's jump and talk about medicine within the warming context.

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So let's go back to around seven or seven years old reaching eight.

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I guess let's begin.

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How did you handle baptism with medicine?

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Well, part of that may have come from a bit of my theological training.

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Was this an existential crisis for you having a child with disabilities?

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Was it shocking? Did you pray? Did you have a blast with priesthood blessings?

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Did you have a blast with priesthood blessings?

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How did your religiosity affect those early years of how you looked at and coped with and experienced these experiences of medicine?

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Very good question.

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We were probably so busy that we couldn't get into some of those things in a way.

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So the why me and why God and did that didn't...

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